John Juniper: wait! You can't kill me! It's pride month!
Fabricator: I'm also gay, so yes I can kill you during pride month.
Phoenix: nuh uh! That's not how it works! Also I'm safe, being ace and trans and all.
Zor: well I'm non-binary but someone has to die today!
*all eyes turn to Roxana and Reginald*
Roxana: sorry Reginald, I'm bi.
Reginald: *sigh of resignation* I guess it's time to finally come out... I am also bi. I had a boyfriend for sixteen months in the agency field training and it ended on bad terms so I never talk about it.
Everyone: WHAT?!
Reginald: ... Yeah. He still works here. We have to email each other a lot and I hate it. So no, you can't kill me.
Phoenix: can I kill Caliente then?
Zor: he's not even here.
Phoenix: call him in here then. We can beat him to death together.
I'm terribly rusty when I comes to animation so I thought that it couldn't hurt to get some practice in reanimating the various lines of dialogue from the I Expect You To Die Games! A bit of a rough start but Prism is one of my absolute favorites, so I had to use one of her lines to get back in gear.
It's been a while since I wrote about the Radio Host AU. And while I want to apologize, I know full well I wouldn't be able to write it at the moment.
However, I want to ramble about this AU real quick.
AU Masterpost
Content Warnings for the dangers of journalism, backstory headcanons, and discussions of censorship and prejudice, dubious historical accuracy, more of a ramble post so less structure.
But the mere thought of parallels between my Agent Phoenix—Agent 13-12/ Agent Firelight / Florian— and Dr. Prism is absolutely giving me so much to munch on.
For context, Florian is pretty much Filipino at this rate. A lot of indirect characterization has spawned from this. And a lot of... unfortunate implications if we actually know what is going down in the Philippines at the time.
If we assume IEYTD takes place in late 1967 and we kept the political structures as we have here, that would mean the country is on the track for the First Quarter Storm, which is a period of unrest characterized by protests and marches mostly organized by students and supported by workers, peasants, and members of the urban poor, from January 26 to March 17, 1970. (I have to read sources on this but due to the fact this era was filled with propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation, yeah. No. I don't think I can properly look into this yet.)
Florian, as a former student radio host, would likely know and be aware of this brewing situation. And, well. I don't think the agency would remain unaware of this either.
Florian might be second guessing herself in wondering if she's only a tool to be used by the agency. And well, I think that thought also came across Dr. Prism too.
It was not my intention but the fact that both individuals are women of color who happens to be in STEM is giving me a lot of chew on. Not to mention the fact that they likely both had to deal with institutional neglect, especially during their education.
This may be headcanon territory but I feel like Dr. Prism worked so hard to prove herself during her higher education, sometimes not having access to other resources her classmates may have gotten.
But Florian? Well, let's just say the 'canon event' (/not aff) of having a professor who wasn't even there pretty much most semester (like, only showed up to orientation and exams) happened to her.
I don't know how to describe feeling grateful for someone for the opportunity that pushed you to where you are now while also recognizing that they took something from you that really shouldn't have been taken in the first place.
According to the interview "Lead Them to Cleverness" (Around 10:45) with Jared Mason, what drives Dr. Prism is legacy. Of leaving something behind that will outlive her.
It feels a lot like "I know I've been forgotten multiple times, so I refuse to let anyone forget me this time" to me from time to time.
But if that is the case, there might have been a nagging feeling that she could be allowing the same machine that hurt her. That she's also complicit in this situation.
And... Florian might feel the same way.
Something about the equal silence about this struggle and people around them just not 'getting it'. Something about that nagging paranoia that you're complicit in the destruction. Something about that subtle questioning if you're actually walking the path you want to take or if you're still being manipulated to want it.
While the Philippines was the Pearl of the Orient, censorship has always been a messy and complicated topic to discuss. Anyone who has taken a look at what happened in the 70s to 80s martial law can attest to that. Florian would have been old enough to sorta notice the seeds of that era, considering the president behind it is already in power by the time the games take place.
According to Reporters Without Borders, the Philippines is one of the worst places to be if you're a radio journalist. While, yes, it started in the 80s, the seeds of it already started in the early 60s.
Yeah. The Radio Host AU is pretty much gonna screw over a lot of people and part of why I hesitate to write it is because I want to give this AU justice while also making it accessible for everyone else.
Side Note: Do you think this happened in the IEYTD universe, which is why there is Southern Philippines?
Doodles from the IEYTD whiteboard I did!
I love the sillies so much and I loved seeing everyone's drawings.
This was so fun thank you for hosting it <3
most of these are from a LITTLE while ago , i kept thinking i'll post them later but i never did .. the orange ones are from today i had prism on my brain .. can you tell ?
wanted to express the frustration of prism arc through pre-ieytd3 and the game itself
hopeful ending <3
i want her so be with her robots so badly yall ..
also phoenix gets to kiss her too
zoraxis meeting what will they do lol
back to my junix bullshit ..
@icecreampizzer's phoenix with mine <33 ehehe
sdiofhisdfhdios they do be irritating and then fabby will push him over the stairs
